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MCU: 9 actresses who could play the Skrull Queen

By Mark Lynch

PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 28: Janelle Monáe wearing Balmain white blazer outside the Balmain show during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter on February 28, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hanna Lassen/Getty Images)
PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 28: Janelle Monáe wearing Balmain white blazer outside the Balmain show during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter on February 28, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hanna Lassen/Getty Images) /
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Emilia Clarke, MCU, Game of Thrones
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 29: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Emilia Clarke attends the “Last Christmas” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on October 29, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) /

3. Emilia Clarke

Emilia Clarke didn’t play a one-note character in Game of Thrones. Daenerys Targaryen started out as a scared young woman who forged her own path to becoming a powerful and confident leader. It wasn’t instantaneous – she evolved throughout the series. Then, she ended the series as a villain who burned a town and killed hundreds while she did it. This right here shows that Clarke has the range it takes to play Veranke.

A flashback to her youth could show a teenage Veranke who ends up seeing atrocities that lead her to becoming a leader – another role where the actress goes from timid to destructive. The actress is more than talented enough to play the Skrull Queen and perhaps even another Marvel Comics character while she’s at it.

Janelle Monáe, MCU
PARIS, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 28: Janelle Monáe wearing Balmain white blazer outside the Balmain show during the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter on February 28, 2020 in Paris, France. (Photo by Hanna Lassen/Getty Images) /

2. Janelle Monáe

Let’s start off by saying this: There is nothing that Janelle Monáe can’t do. Singer, dancer, actor… and she’s amazing at all three of those things.

It goes without saying that she rocked in Hidden Figures and Moonlight. But we haven’t really seen her in a major action role just yet. The good news is her career is just starting.

Monáe could offer a different kind of Skrull Queen for the MCU – one with a little more seduction to lure in her victims and then punish them. She’s also another actress on this list who can easily pull off menacing. On a few occasions, Janelle Monáe has given off a look that screams “I’m not the person you want to trifle with.” And with that, she could very well embody the role better than anyone else in this article.

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